How China Is Building The Biggest Surveillance Apparatus The World Has Ever Known
And training the world’s autocrats to follow in their footsteps.

April 26, 2019 at 01:57PM
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How China Is Building The Biggest Surveillance Apparatus The World Has Ever Known
And training the world’s autocrats to follow in their footsteps.

April 26, 2019 at 01:57PM
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The Rise And Fall Of Facebook’s Memory Economy
The social network monetizes your nostalgia today, but that digital oil reservoir won’t last forever.

April 26, 2019 at 01:33PM
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20 Years Ago, Microsoft Changed How We Mouse Forever
On top it didn’t look much different than its predecessors — it still had a few buttons and a scroll wheel — but underneath it introduced a technology to the masses that brought an end to the prehistoric days of cleaning dirt and grime out of computer mice.

April 26, 2019 at 01:18PM
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Why Reading Things In Dark Mode Might Not Actually Be Better For Your Eyes
It might save energy on your smartphones, but when it comes to your eye health, the benefits of dark mode are far more disputed.

April 26, 2019 at 11:52AM
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We All Work For Facebook
Digital labor is valuable even when we do it for free. Should we get paid?

April 26, 2019 at 10:55AM
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Nintendo’s VR Upgrade for Zelda Messed Me Up
Nintendo has just extended its Labo VR Kit support to its A-list titles “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ and “Super Mario Odyssey,” and unfortunately in both games the VR feels like a tacked-on experience that only serves to amplify Labo VR Kit’s shortcomings.

April 26, 2019 at 10:55AM
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How Fiber Optic Cables Use Light To Transmit Data At Super-High Speeds
Keep your internet flowing and regular with fiber!

April 26, 2019 at 10:37AM
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These Governments Want To Fight Air Pollution By Controlling The Weather
South Korea announced in March plans to begin deploying so-called cloud seeding technology to make it rain in Seoul, and the Thailand government actually went ahead and induced rain in Bangkok in January. But, um, how well does this actually work?

April 25, 2019 at 01:38PM
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Applying For Your Next Job May Be An Automated Nightmare
If you think looking for a job is already daunting, anxiety-riddled and unpleasant, just wait until the algorithms take over the hiring process.

April 25, 2019 at 09:00AM
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